Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1887-07-22
Morrison County, Minnesota.

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Morrison County, Minnesota.
Morrison County occupies central posi-
ton in the great and fertile State of Minnesota.
1t embraces forty congressional townships,
| nearly one million acres. Only about one
fourth is occupied; SO it will be seen that
| there is still q large amount Of land in the
County unsettled. Much of it is owned by
non-resldcnts, but there are still lands that
| can be taken under the homestead law. All
things considered, lands in this county are
| remal kabiy cheap, varying according to loca-
| ton, from government price, ST 20 to $25 90.
per acre Excellent wild lands can be got in
| the vicinity Of good settlements for $500 per
acre, aid ii desired, mostly Oh long time pay
| ment. While the bulk of the lands are
| ti1ubered there is still much prairie land to
be had, and while our lands are better and
cheaper than can be found Oh the wild
frontier, g settler corning into this county
gets all the advantages of al old settled COM
n1nity; without undergoing the hardships
AMI priya.iols incident to the first settlement
and opening up of new country. The
county lies on both sides OF the Mississippi
river and is we'll watered by it and its nu-
| merous tributaries within it's limits. We
have Is organized towns and 81 school dis: :,
tricts. Owing to the fact that our rivers
allurG numerous water powers we are already
Wei supplied with grist and saw mills For
through the center Of the county, on which
we can reach St Paul in a distance of l06
miles and the Zenith City iIuluth) in 14o
miles; from which road the Little Falls &
Dakota branches, at Little Falls, and runs
southwester]y to Morris, distance Of IS
miles. Besides, we have three other projec-
| ted roads. Little Falls, all embryo city, and
County seat, is located on the Mississippi,
river, near the center of the county has /.
population Of 1900, and possesses natural
water power second to none in the state ,,a--
less it be that at Minneapolis. One hundred
| thousand dollars has been raised by Town
and County bonds to assist in improving it.
Besides Little Falls, the county contains sew
eral hourishin5 villages. Tie population OF
the Co. is estimated to be Is, 900, and is COM
posed Ola mixed population, each nationality
settling principally III communities by
themselves; consisting Of Americans, Ger
mans, French, polanders and Scandinavians,
with a few from the Emerald Isle. Numer-
GUS churches have been built by the various
denominations, Catholic, Luthern, Methodist,
Congregational and Episcopalian. \ Many
wonder why the great body Of emigration
passes by such an excellent country to go
| into q barren region to the far west. When
understood, the reason is plain to be seen.
Emigration is controlled by the Northern
! Pacific 4. r. Co.. :. 1t is for their interest to
carry the emigrant long rather than a short
distance. Those who have settled here have
driited here by accident; most Of them had
been searching for a long time for a desirable
spot to make a home and failed to find it
until they reached Morrison County. There
!! is still room for many thousands more a%